This does make your choices feel a little more strategic allowing you to aim for something beyond financial gain like simply enjoying life through a cruise. It’s like they say, money isn’t everything. In the original game, winning mainly came down to who had the most money, but with the sequel, you’ll need to pay attention to your happiness, wealth and knowledge. Unlike a number of other Switch board game adaptions like Wingspan or Pandemic, The Game of Life 2 is easily accessible and the kind of game you’d likely break out at a family get together.

The game is fairly straightforward, spinning a disc to determine how many moves your token/car will move around the board whilst making decisions as you go that will either prove fruitful or punish you. The aim of The Game of Life 2 (much like the original) is to try and live the best life possible, your journey steering you through education, a career, starting a family and other important choices. With the Nintendo Switch playing host to a number of board game adaptions, The Game of Life 2 seemed like a perfect opportunity to revisit this oldie and see if it’s still worth journeying through life. It’s a game I played a handful of times as a child – racing cars around a brightly coloured board is about all I remember – but one that hasn’t left quite the same mark as some of those other previously mentioned examples. The Game of Life is one of those classic board games you can probably count on finding in the collection of most households (along with the likes of other mainstays like Monopoly, Mouse Trap and Twister).

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